2024-05-15

Guiding Questions

  • Whether the fuel price is a key factor in the development of electric vehicles?
  • How do fuel taxes affect the sales of hybrid electric vehicles?
  • What are the trends in hybrid electric vehicle sales by different manufacturers?

Data

Average Retail Fuel Prices in the United States

Inflation-adjusted gasoline prices were calculated based on: \(P_{2023} = P \times Inflation factor\).

Fuel Taxes by Country

U.S. HEV Sales by Model

Summary

  • Retrieve data from DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center.
  • Line chart - Trend of alternative and traditional motor fuel prices from 2000 to 2024.
  • Bar chart - Comparison of gasoline and diesel taxes in different countries.
  • Stacked bar chart - Trend of sales by hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) model, 1999-2019.
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